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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathan think the affair Henry had with Wendy caused him to do?
(a) To become depressed.
(b) To go crazy.
(c) To become a fanatic.
(d) To try and find more meaning in life.

2. What does Jimmy Ben-Joseph believe is the main thing missing from Israel?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Music.

3. Nathan says he knows the Hebrew words for _________________.
(a) Hungry and thirsty.
(b) Hello and goodbye.
(c) Yes and no.
(d) Boy and girl.

4. Henry is said to be at risk of ___________.
(a) A heart attack.
(b) High blood sugar.
(c) Low blood sugar.
(d) Depression.

5. Who is Henry's mistress?
(a) Layla.
(b) Carol.
(c) Bailey.
(d) Wendy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nathan think he should have told Lippman at dinner?

2. How old is Nathan in "Part 2 Judea, pages 66-83"?

3. Who is Maria?

4. Who is in the photograph that Nathan's family is proud of?

5. What year does Nathan recall a trip to Israel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Nathan's visit to Israel in 1960.

2. Who is Jimmy Ben-Joseph? Why does he like Nathan's writing?

3. Why does Henry leave town? Where does he go?

4. Discuss the place Nathan and Henry visit.

5. Discuss the side effects of the medication Henry takes.

6. Discuss the insults Nathan and Henry give each other during their argument.

7. What is Nathan's experience while in Henry's Hebrew class?

8. What happens to Henry eight months after his bypass surgery?

9. What is Henry's behavior when he goes on a walk with Nathan?

10. Discuss what happens when Nathan and Lippman first meet.

(see the answer keys)

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